Here’s how it often goes…

You’re an IC or leader in a business environment. 

You’re loyal and highly skilled.

Doing meaningful work is important to you.

And reluctantly, you know…

It’s time for a change.

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You’re ready to step into a more strategic role.

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Find a more fulfilling opportunity.

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Free yourself from a toxic environment.

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You want to grow and feel valued.

Your mental and emotional wellbeing are in need of care and attention.

You’d love to release some pain and fear from past experiences, and move forwards with confidence.

You know there’s a spirit of wisdom, strength and clarity within you. You’re aching to take up more space.

You’re seeking a tangible roadmap and way forward that takes into account the whole of you.

What happened?

Many of us are aware of an unspoken collective, often systemic requirement to play it safe, follow the herd, be nice, do what’s expected of us.

This causes us to fear veering off onto our own true path because surely that’s the way to our ultimate demise…

Over time the courageous, brave risk taker in us takes a backseat to a version of ourself who fears uncertainty and unknown; fears leaving the safety of our current environment and the roles we play.

Our role as an executive.

Our role as a friend, partner, mother.

Our role as a woman…

Maybe our role as a woman who pleases others, or strives to be perfect…

Deep down we sense – we hope – we know

there’s something better out there for us.

And with some bravery, a roadmap and support we’d find it.

The Default Way

The Default Way

is how many people end up either unemployed,

burned out, or professionally stuck.

 

It starts with the first red flag:

  • being talked over
  • not credited for your work
  • disrespected by a key stakeholder
  • unsustainable working hours
  • a felt sense that something’s not right

Their intuition reacts and they sense that this organization won’t work for the long run. They start dreaming of something better.

Then doubt kicks in. So they tuck the dream away.

Then something else happens. When the impact of these experiences is pushed aside for long enough an internal pressure grows.

Feelings of confidence lower, second-guessing and anxiety  increase, effort and the will to keep giving 100% dips (because why bother?), and small behavior changes emerge in an effort to adapt to what’s not working.

Eventually there’s a Breaking Point:

  • another pointless internal reorganization
  • an unworkable professional relationship
  • serious health issue
  • personal relationship failure
  • lay off
  • reactionary quitting

This Breaking Point propels people into a job hunt, in a climate of high stakes, high stress, and lowered resourcefulness.

The common outcome?

A new job with the same issues.

It’s not your fault.

Most of us want more than dominant cultural norms
offer and expect.

So when we want to make a change we have to bravely face
not only our own fears –
but those of our friends, family,
and the environments that’ve absorbed us.

Bravery’s required because

we’ve been taught to:

  • override our deeper knowing;
  • push through and keep going no matter what;
  • be grateful for what we have; and
  • temper our emotions, intuitions and needs.

These very real influences and pressures cause us to second guess our own instincts, decisions, and resourcefulness. This leaves us feeling exhausted, stuck, resentful, confused, anxious, and eventually numb.

I promise you there’s a better way.

Once you start to untangle from conditioning and fears, and find your way back to yourself you’ll start to feel energy, uncover opportunities and possibilities, and feel more empowered and equipped to change what’s not working.

I provide the Framework + Support.

A career change roadmap that works with your personality, moves at a sustainable pace for you, and adapts to your time constraints.

You bring Bravery + some Time.

When you work with me, we do

things differently.

The 5D Framework

for Career Satisfaction

DREAM → DARE → DIVE → DECIDE → DESIGN

Background:

More than a decade of conversations with hundreds of humans at various stages of career change inspired me to look closely at what I was doing differently.

Why were my client getting better results?  The answer is 5D.  

Stage 1 - DREAM

CLARITY: What do you really want? Discern true desire from obligation, OPD (other people’s dreams), habit & escape fantasies. Highlight skills. 

Stage 2 - DARE

BRAVERY: Validate role fit & embody new identity. Prepare for outreach, assemble professional search tools.

 

Stage 3 - DIVE

ACTION: Search for the right role. Build confidence as you persist at the hard tactical steps. Receive your first offer.

Stage 4 - DECIDE

ACCEPT: the right offer, not just the first one. A foundation of due diligence & self-trust ensure you choose a great-fit opportunity.

Stage 5 - DESIGN

INTEGRATE: Position yourself for success in the new role. 90-day strategy to optimize resources, navigate stakeholders, & succeed from the start.

,Through this process, some people mourn the loss of a version of themselves and an organization they outgrew.

While celebrating stepping into a

professional chapter of their life they’ve been aching for!

You get to do your best work.

You feel free, empowered, in control,

relieved, clear, energized…

and maybe even more than that –

you feel like You.

85% ready? (100% doesn’t exist)

Some Client Results

Built on leadership skills and improved team retention.

Learned to be more effective with those in authority.

Started mission-driven businesses.

Clarified a new career path and was hired overseas.

Broke away from a history of  choosing toxic environments and high earning traps, for a mission-driven executive-level professional opportunity with a people-centric organization.

Clarified and owned valuable transferrable professional skills.

Walked away from 15yrs with a company, into a better fit culture in a related but mission-driven industry.

Moved back to a favorite city and found a new job during the pandemic.

Learned to navigate stakeholder dynamics within a complex culture, receiving a company award as recognition.

Let’s change this!